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as⋅sist

  [uh-sist]
Use assist in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
2. to be associated with as an assistant or helper.
–verb (used without object)
3. to give aid or help.
4. to be present, as at a meeting or ceremony.
–noun
5. Sports.
a. Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
b. Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
c. the official credit scored for such plays.
6. a helpful act: She finished her homework without an assist from her father.
7. Machinery. an electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical means of increasing power, efficiency, or ease of use: a luxury automobile equipped with assists for brakes, steering, windows, and seat adjustment.
Origin:
1505–15; < L assistere to stand by, help, equiv. to as- as- + sistere to (cause to) stand (si- reduplicative prefix + -ste- (var. of sta- stand ) + -re inf. suffix)

Related forms:
as⋅sist⋅er; Chiefly Law, as⋅sis⋅tor, noun
as⋅sist⋅ive, adjective

Synonyms:
1. sustain, abet, befriend; back, promote. See help.

Antonyms:
1. hinder, frustrate.
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as·sist   (ə-sĭst')   
v.   as·sist·ed, as·sist·ing, as·sists

v.   tr.
To give help or support to, especially as a subordinate or supplement; aid: The clerk assisted the judge by looking up related precedents. Her breathing was assisted by a respirator.
v.   intr.
  1. To give aid or support. See Synonyms at help.
  2. To be present, as at a conference.
n.  
  1. An act of giving aid; help.
  2. Sports
    1. A fielding and throwing of a baseball in such a way that enables a teammate to put out a runner.
    2. A pass, as in basketball or ice hockey, that enables the receiver to score a goal.
    3. Official credit that is given for such a pass.
  3. A mechanical device providing aid.

[Middle English assisten, from Old French assister, from Latin assistere : ad-, ad- + sistere, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
as·sist'er n.
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Assist

As*sist"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assisting.] [L. assistere; ad + sistere to cause to stand, to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. assister. See Stand.] To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

Assist me, knight. I am undone! --Shak.

Syn: To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.

Assist

As*sist"\, v. i. 1. To lend aid; to help.

With God not parted from him, as was feared, But favoring and assisting to the end. --Milton.

2. To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. [A Gallicism] --Gibbon. Prescott.
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Language Translation for : assist
Spanish: ayudar,
German: helfen,
Japanese: 手伝う
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assist 
1426, from M.Fr. assister "to stand by, help, assist," from L. assistere "assist, stand by," from ad- "to" + sistere "take a stand, cause to stand," from PIE *siste-, reduplicated form of base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sporting sense (n.) is attested 1877 in baseball, 1925 in ice hockey. Assistant (n.) is from 1541.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1as·sist
Pronunciation: &-'sist
Function: transitive verb
: to give usually supplementary support or aid to<assist the patient up the stairs> <assist respiration mechanically> assist intransitive senses
: to give support or aid

Main Entry: 2assist
Function: noun
: an act or procedure that provides assistance assist employs compression of thelower extremities —P. W. Wright>
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